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A chorus of squawks and a shower of feathers greet Matthew Nelson as he unlatches the coop door and dives inside. The chickens don’t stop shrieking the fowl-ish equivalent of “Intruder!” until he is out again, a black chicken hugged closely to his chest. Meet the Bla Hona — sort of. The hen Nelson recently showed off at his Delta farm has a […]

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The Titans are “setting” themselves up for a hometown December to remember. If it’s true that you are the sum of your experiences, then few are as qualified to take a run at the B.C. senior boys’ double-A varsity volleyball title than the Langley Fundamental Titans. “I think there has been a lot of expectations on […]

Opioid overdose will kill 800 people in B.C. this year if the death toll continues at its current rate. In the first three months of 2016, fentanyl was detected in half of 200 opioid-overdose deaths. Fentanyl is indiscriminately killing entrenched street users and casual users from the suburbs.

Surrey business says it has fired an employee after a troubling video of a child stuck on a Surrey climbing wall made the rounds on Facebook. As of Thursday morning, the video had been viewed almost 6,000 times.

Late last month, 19-year-old Emily Janzen wrote a post to her Twitter account about her drawn-out battle with excruciating, debilitating migraines.
"Whenever I start to feel sorry for myself, I just thank God I'm still alive," the talented singer and actress from the tiny Fraser Valley community of Rosedale said April 24.
"I complain about all the pain, but at least I'm here to feel it."
On Thursday, it seemed that her pain - and life - had come to a tragic, sudden end after her father posted a chilling confession to his Facebook page claiming he had shot and killed the young woman, her mother and her aunt in the preceding 10 days

B.C. voters helped to deliver a shocking majority government to Justin Trudeau on Monday night, throwing their support behind the Liberal leader with the famous last name and strong B.C. roots as part of a national endorsement of his readiness to lead the nation. Battleground B.C. lived up to the hype as one of the key provinces to watch this federal election with each of the three main parties active in a region that has historically been a two-way fight between the Tories and NDP. On Monday night, however, that history changed to include a revitalized Liberal Party of Canada riding a massive red wave triggered by an overwhelming desire for change.

Heading toward Burnaby, around Willingdon Avenue where it intersects Hwy. 1, if you time it right, you could drive into one of the creepiest scenes in Metro Vancouver — Halloween or not. Stopped at a light at dusk, you may notice the hydro poles have eyes, all staring at you, and the power lines are ­beaded with black menacing shapes, daring you with symphonic cawing to open your car door.

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